The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee condition and granted it, finding that his current diagnoses of right knee meniscal tear, anterior cruciate ligament tear, and osteoarthritis are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected comminuted fracture right tibia and fibula.
The deciding factor: The VA examination found a nexus between the Veteran's right knee condition and his service-connected fracture of the right tibia and fibula based on medical literature supporting an association between the two conditions due to their proximity and function.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee meniscal tear, right knee anterior cruciate ligament tear, right knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22043856
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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